E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . fic staff is planned, composed ofa director and assistant director of research and agroup of technical experts who will give their wholetime to the work. November 8 and 15, 1919 Engineering and Mining Journal 775 Petroleum Section Engineering Notes and Equipment DetailsProduction Statistics — Progress in Important Fields Controlling a Gas Well Details of a Method by Means of W^hich the Flow of GasFrom a Large Well Was Effectually Checked BY SETH S. LANGLEY IN THE Journal of July 12, 1919, there wasdescribed the method by which a large gas wellin the Elks
E/MJ : engineering and mining journal . fic staff is planned, composed ofa director and assistant director of research and agroup of technical experts who will give their wholetime to the work. November 8 and 15, 1919 Engineering and Mining Journal 775 Petroleum Section Engineering Notes and Equipment DetailsProduction Statistics — Progress in Important Fields Controlling a Gas Well Details of a Method by Means of W^hich the Flow of GasFrom a Large Well Was Effectually Checked BY SETH S. LANGLEY IN THE Journal of July 12, 1919, there wasdescribed the method by which a large gas wellin the Elks Hills oil district of California, which hadcaught fire, was extinguished. The steps then takento secure the well and put it under control aredescribed in the following: After allowing the earthto cool for a few days, a di-ag-line excavator lemovedenough material to expose the first collar of the?casing. The greater portion of the first joint had -TC>- Q —~^^ Space betiveen Clamps1^Bolts x^oJl-y——~^^^^^ filled with Packing. SIDE ELEVATION FIG. I. PLAN AND ELEVATION OF CLAMP TO FIT COLLAR WITH LATCH FITTINGS been worn away, but the lower collar was in goodcondition; the joint was broken at this point, leav-ing the collar on the second joint. A clamp wasmade in two parts to fit around the collar and witha shoulder to giip the casing below the collar; thecollar sei-ved to hold the clamp from being torn each end. the clamp was machined to take a latcharm, held with bolts, as shown in Fig. 1. When in position, the clamp came i/j in. abovethe casing collar. Hydraulic packing was wrappedaround the collar and in the space between thehalves of the clamp, which was then bolted tight. Asimilar clamp was bolted to another 12i/o-in. collar,and the two clamps hinged by the latch arm at oneend. The i-emaining fittings were then made, all of1214-in. casing t>T)e—a short nipple, one cross,121 oxl2i/2 by 4x4 in.; a short nipple, gate valve, and10-ft.
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